Beach clean - council vacancy to be filled - bread for the hungry.

Beach cleanup turnout down slightly.

The weather cooperated, and so did the volunteers in Saturday’s Great Fall Beach Cleanup. Oregon Parks Beach Ranger Trisha Wymore said the half-dozen local gathering points drew lots of people to pick up trash that has accumulated over the summer on Oregon Beaches.
200 – “We had 164 volunteers collect just short of two tons of garbage off the beach.”

Most of the trash consisted of small items, but about 200 pounds of the total were tires. Wymore said the volunteer turnout was a little short of where it has been in previous cleanups.
201 - “There wasn’t any home football games at UofO, OSU, the weather was good. So we’re not sure why the numbers were down a little bit but we still had a great effect.”

Still, she says, it was a great day, the turnout was good… and everyone had a great time walking the beach.

A former councilor and a current member of the planning commission were the only applicants for a vacancy on the Florence City Council. Paul Holman, who left the panel when his term expired four years ago submitted an application to fill the vacancy created with the death in July of Dave Franzen. The other applicant is Robert Bare, who serves on the Planning Commission and also participates in the transportation safety committee. The two will be interviewed next Monday by remaining councilors. Whomever is appointed will serve through the end of 2012.

Area church congregations are being called on to help fill another need at Florence Food Share. Volunteer Pat Bales is also a member of New Life Lutheran. She says they, along with two other churches are filling a need for bread that has been created since area grocers have cut back on the amount of day-old baked goods they used to provide regularly. Bales says an average of 25 families each day frequent the bread racks at Food Share to supplement their monthly emergency food boxes. New Life Lutheran, St. Mary’s Catholic Church and St. Andrews Episcopal have been providing extra bread, but Bales says the need is still great. She’s challenging other congregations to help fill that need. Florence Food Share is the emergency food box pantry that serves as many as 600 families each month with an emergency box.


Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - University of Oregon president Richard
Lariviere says he's "deeply disappointed" by a 400-strong riot
that led to nine arrests in Eugene. Police say it's unclear what
touched off the melee in the neighborhood filled with student
renters. Eugene police spokesman Doug Mozan says when crowds start
to form in the streets an alcohol-fueled "group-think" can take
hold.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 23-year-old man accused of shooting at
U.S. marshals as they tried to arrest him in Portland last month
has pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated
murder. Adam Berndt was shot in the incident and was released
Thursday from a hospital where he had been treated for nearly a
month. He entered his plea Friday.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Gubernatorial candidates Republican Chris
Dudley and Democrat John Kitzhaber got a warmup to their first
formal debate at a forum in Eugene. Kitzhaber said Dudley's
proposal to cut capital gains taxes will require deep cuts to
things like education and human services to pay for it. Dudley
repeatedly called for setting Oregon on a new direction, saying his
top priority was creating new jobs in the private sector.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - The Coast Guard says it has suspended its
search for a man whose 14-foot boat capsized near Waldport throwing
him and a female companion into the water Friday. The two boaters
were initially pulled from the water by a kayaker, but the kayak
flipped, tossing all three into the water. Only the kayaker and
female boater were able to climb back into the vessel.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - The Coast Guard has rescued a surfer in
distress off Indian Beach in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach.
The surfer's husband contacted authorities yesterday after seeing
his wife struggling in the current and pushed up against rocks on
Tillamook Head. The woman's name and condition haven't been
released.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland officials are warning residents
to avoid recreational activities in the Willamette River until 48
hours after the rain stops due to a recent sewer overflow. The
Oregonian reports recent rain caused the combined sewers to
overflow and push water contaminated with untreated sewage into the
river.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - When students return to Oregon State
University today, they'll see longer lines -- and competition for
everything from classes to parking places has intensified. This is
expected to be another record enrollment year at OSU with an
estimated 24,000 students. Enrollment has increased dramatically
since 2007.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A zoning change allowing Salem residents to
keep chickens in their back yards is expected to become law after a
second reading at tonight's city council meeting. The change would
allow residents to keep three hens, but no roosters. The Statesman
Journal reports the backyard chicken coop issue has been before the
council a dozen times in two years.


(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:

Prep Football:
The Siuslaw Vikings broke the game open with 27 points in the second quarter, defeating the Newport Cubs 46-26 Friday night on the road. Sonny Tupua carried the ball 11 times for 96 yards and three touchdowns. Jake Thompson was 8-of-11 passing for 85 yards and also found the endzone once himself on a 39 yard option play. In the Mountain West League, McKenzie got by the Mapleton Sailors 50 – 34.

College Football:
The Oregon Ducks had trouble getting their running game going, gave up nearly 600-yards to an unranked team and opened the second half by fumbling the kickoff. But they still pulled off an impressive 42-31 win over Arizona State Saturday night, remaining undefeated and rising one slot in the rankings to number four. The biggest test of the season for Oregon comes Saturday night in Eugene when they host Stanford. Game time has been moved up to 5:00 at Autzen and ESPN’s Game Day will be in Eugene to start the day off. // Kellen Moore threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns and number three Boise State overcame several mistakes to beat number 24 Oregon State 37-24. The Broncos had several chances to put the Beavers away, but were unable to do so until late in the game.